First International Workshop on Security of Computer Communications and Networks (SoCCaN 2008)

August 4 - 7, 2008
St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands

in conjunction with ICCCN 2008, August 4-7, 2008, Virgin Islands, USA

      [Important Dates]         [Call for Papers]       [Paper Submission]       [Journal Publication]         [Committees]                  

Call for Papers

The threat to computer networks and communications has never been greater than today. The purpose of this workshop is to provide an international forum for researchers (including students) and industry practitioners to present their state-of-art research on security, privacy and trust on all aspects of computer and communication networks and to exchange  and foster ideas while exploring new avenues of collaboration.

Papers are welcome in ALL areas of secure, private and trustable computer networks and communications. Topics in other areas (e.g., formal methods, database security, secure software, theoretical cryptography) with a connection to private or secure communication/networking are also encouraged. Topics include, but are not limited to:   

• Key Management

• Wireless security

• Vehicular networks

• Intrusion Detection

• Sensor Networks

• Risk Analysis and Damage estimation

• Internet security

• LAN, MAN, WAN security

• Secure Routing protocols

• Access Control

• Secure MAC and Transport level protocols

• Ad hoc networks

• Attack modeling

• Cellular networks

• Peer-to-Peer networks

• Malware propagation

• Viruses and Worms

• Web security                                                               

Paper Submission

All papers must be submitted through the EDAS website http://edas.info/

Important Dates

Journal Publication

Selected Papers will be invited to submit an extended version to be published in the Security and Communication Networks Journal (Wiley)

Proceedings will be included in IEEExplore digital library and indexed by EI.

Keynote Speaker

Professor Vijay Varadharajan, Macquarie University, Australia

General Chairs

Johnson P Thomas (Oklahoma State University)

Shouhuai Xu (University of Texas, San Antonio)

Xiaolin Li (Oklahoma State University)

Program Committee

Xinwen Fu (Dakota State University, USA)

Mauaricio Papa (University of Tulsa, USA)

Xuhua Ding (Singapore Management University, Singapore)

Uday Tupakula (Macquarie University, Austraila{

Xukai Zou (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, USA)

Yingjiu Li (Singapore Management University, Singapore)

X P Wang (Fudan University, China)

Mathews Thomas (IBM, USA)

Nitesh Saxena (Polytechnic University, USA)

Jeong Hyun Yi (Smsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT),  South Korea)

Donggang Liu (University of Texas, Arlington, USA)

Shiguo Lian (France Telecom R&D Beijing, China)

George Ghinea (Brunel University, USA)

Xiaojiang (James) Du (North Dakota State University, USA)